Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For thehelp of His presence, my God. Psalm 42:11 NASB Despair – There is no word for “doubt” in biblical Hebrew, but there is a word for “despair.” It’s šāḥaḥ. Well, kind of. …
“Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this great city?’Then they will answer, ‘Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.’” Jeremiah 22:8-9 NASB Bowed down – After hundreds of years of divine mercy, Isreal finally learned the lesson of idolatry. It…
“For you shall not worship any other god, for YHWH, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” Exodus 34:14 Worship – In order to avoid idolatry, we must know what it means to worship. This might seem like a fairly simple thing, but we soon discover that it isn’t. One problem is our rationality…
